| Stop Your Dogs Biting Problem |
| Written by The Willy Brothers | ||||||||
| Monday, 10 August 2009 | ||||||||
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No dog owner likes to manage a dog that has a biting problem. Many breeds of dogs, big and small, Pitt Bulls and Rottweiler most prominent among them, have reportedly attacked children or other dogs, or chased a delivery boy who had to walk into the house. Though the reported cases may be extreme ones, getting bitten by a dog is not something unheard of. The onus is upon the dog owner to take sufficient preventive measures to forestall the problem before the dog actually bites someone.
No dog owner likes to manage a dog that has a biting problem. Many breeds of dogs, big and small, Pitt Bulls and Rottweiler most prominent among them, have reportedly attacked children or other dogs, or chased a delivery boy who had to walk into the house. Though the reported cases may be extreme ones, getting bitten by a dog is not something unheard of. The onus is upon the dog owner to take sufficient preventive measures to forestall the problem before the dog actually bites someone. This training program should be ideally undertaken when the dog is very young, by letting it mix with those other dogs which have impeccable behavior credentials. These dogs will help you in training your dog against developing a biting habit, because they correct it in their natural way. Even though biting comes naturally to dogs, if you would like to own a pooch that does not easily bite people, it has to be trained sufficiently early to understand that biting is taboo. Since puppies remain with their biological family only for their first two months, the onus is upon the dog owner to play the mothers role in a dogs life. A pups main behavior training period is the four months from its birth, and that is why rescue dogs as well as dogs which are products of puppy mills are more likely to bite than those that are cared by breeders who are conscientious and reliable. Puppy mills are overcrowded animal dens run by callous dog owners, who are indifferent to caring for the puppies, and cares only about how much money a puppy would fetch. Puppies that have grown up in such an atmosphere obviously have even health problems, not to speak of emotional and behavioral problems. Since they have no exposure to good behavior, they do not understand what it is. However, even if you have chosen to raise a rescue dog that has a tendency to bite, it is not impossible to correct it. Needless to say, training a pup is easier than training an adult dog, but even a grown dog with a biting habit can be trained to give up the habit. The method of training a big dog is not all that different from training a young one, the only requirement being that it should be done a little mildly. If a grown dog has biting tendencies, it cannot be left unleashed among other dogs, hoping that it would get trained the natural way, taking the cue from the other dogs; nor can it be allowed to roam free in a playground if it has a tendency to bite children. That will just be sticking your neck out to be caught in a lawsuit. Do the training in increments, walk the dog on the outskirts of the park until it gets used to the idea of other dogs being nearby, and gradually bring it closer and closer. Patience and dedication are the key ingredients to solving a dog biting problem. About the Author: If you need to stop your dog from biting check out our free dog and puppy training tips and resource website. Views: 61
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